Prediction of tissue and clinical thrombectomy outcome in acute ischaemic stroke using deep learning

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Beitragende

  • Marie-Sophie von Braun - , Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Kristin Starke - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Lucas Peter - , Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Daniel Kürsten - , Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Florian Welle - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Hans Ralf Schneider - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Max Wawrzyniak - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Daniel P O Kaiser - , Institut und Poliklinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Gordian Prasse - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Cindy Richter - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Elias Kellner - , Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Autor:in)
  • Marco Reisert - , Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Autor:in)
  • Julian Klingbeil - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Anika Stockert - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Karl-Titus Hoffmann - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Gerik Scheuermann - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Christina Gillmann - , Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Dorothee Saur - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)

Abstract

The advent of endovascular thrombectomy has significantly improved outcomes for stroke patients with intracranial large vessel occlusion, yet individual benefits can vary widely. As demand for thrombectomy rises and geographic disparities in stroke care access persist, there is a growing need for predictive models that quantify individual benefits. However, current imaging methods for estimating outcomes may not fully capture the dynamic nature of cerebral ischemia and lack a patient-specific assessment of thrombectomy benefits. Our study introduces a deep learning approach to predict individual responses to thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients. The proposed models provide predictions for both tissue and clinical outcomes under two scenarios: one assuming successful reperfusion and another assuming unsuccessful reperfusion. The resulting simulations of penumbral salvage and difference in NIHSS at discharge quantify the potential individual benefits of the intervention. Our models were developed on an extensive dataset from routine stroke care, which included 405 ischemic stroke patients who underwent thrombectomy. We used acute data for training (n = 304), including multimodal CT imaging and clinical characteristics, along with post hoc markers like thrombectomy success, final infarct localization, and NIHSS at discharge. We benchmarked our tissue outcome predictions under the observed reperfusion scenario against a thresholding-based clinical method and a generalised linear model. Our deep-learning model showed significant superiority, with a mean Dice score of 0.48 on internal (n = 50) and 0.52 on external (n = 51) test data, versus 0.26/0.36 and 0.34/0.35 for the baselines, respectively. The NIHSS sum score prediction achieved median absolute errors of 1.5 NIHSS points on the internal test dataset and 3.0 NIHSS points on the external test dataset, outperforming other machine learning models. By predicting the patient-specific response to thrombectomy for both tissue and clinical outcomes, our approach offers an innovative biomarker that captures the dynamics of cerebral ischemia. We believe this method holds significant potential to enhance personalised therapeutic strategies and to facilitate efficient resource allocation in acute stroke care.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummerawaf013
FachzeitschriftBrain : a journal of neurology
PublikationsstatusElektronische Veröffentlichung vor Drucklegung - 18 Jan. 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-5258-0025/work/176863089
unpaywall 10.1093/brain/awaf013